七、An Introduction to Argument
Don't raise your voice, improve your argument.
-Desmond Tutu
deductive 演绎
inductive 归纳
argument→burden of proof 论证的“观点”是啥
1.claim: fact(ture or false)/
opinion(right or wrong)
2.premises:evidence(direct or indirect)/
reasoning(inductive or deductive)
What makes a non-argument?
1.emotional discourse 情绪型争吵
2.fictions
(Even though good fiction has a good internal logic, there is usually no proof involved.
The work of fiction, as a whole, can be thought of as a large conditional statement.
If {we assume characters, plot...} then {such statements logically follow}. )
3.conditional statements 条件句
4.explanations 解释(对方已经认同此事实,解释它是如何发展至此的)
argument 辩论(对方不清楚此事实的真假,所以要用论证来说服对方)